The research project ‘Called to Care’ focuses on the support given to volunteers offering pastoral care in South African hospitals. HospiVision is a Christian faith-based NGO, with the vision to touch the lives of sick people and those around them and to give them hope through counseling, spiritual care …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine objective vocal quality, vocal characteristics, and vocal habits in future speech language pathology (SLP) students and to evaluate the possible impact of a provided vocal counseling procedure. A comparison of vocal data was done in SLP students who …

The starterstraject is a project set up by the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Zoetermeer. The goal of the starterstraject is to give the starting entrepreneur a head start. The starting entrepreneur is prepared for the risks and difficulties that arise when starting a new business. The starting …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the appreciation of written education about pain neurophysiology in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and its effects on illness perceptions and perceived health status. METHODS: A booklet explaining pain neurophysiology was sent to participants with FM. Appreciation was assessed …

Little is known about effective nursing interventions for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. The purpose of this study was to discover which aspects of nursing care are most effective, according to nurses, in recovery of normal body weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. METHODS: A qualitative …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de vraag welke aanbevelingen gedaan kunnen worden om het onderzoek naar de effecten van Adventure Based Counseling met jeugdigen van de organisatie Project Adventure regio Zuid-Holland door de NJI erkenningscommissie 'voldoende' beoordeeld te krijgen. Specifiek gaat het om …

This study evaluated the feasibility and appreciation of a new educational board game (SeCZ TaLK) that stimulates communication on sexuality and intimate relationships in youth with chronic conditions.

If we study processes of social innovation in organizations from the perspective of Dorothee Soelle’s liberation theology, various issues for mystagogic counseling emerge. Mystagogic counseling inspired by Soelle’s liberation theology may help organizations to deepen the understanding of the processes …

OBJECTIVE: Former studies in chronic diseases showed the importance of patients' beliefs and perceptions. The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire was developed to assess these illness perceptions. Our goal was to investigate psychometric properties of the IPQ-R for Fibromyalgia Dutch language version …